Why does Adobe Acrobat attempt to open links from Discord/other apps?

Question

Every time I click a link in an app other than my browser, I expect it to take me back to my browser (chrome) and it instead opens Adobe Acrobat. I've reset all default apps for file types, all it should be doing is opening PDFs. When a link leads to Acrobat, it will try to 'open' the file type then give me an error. I uninstalled Acrobat and then links don't open at all from Discord/etc. Any suggestions are appreciated, as I want Acrobat available and installed on my computer without running into this annoying and completely avoidable issue.

rashid_0357 · Answer

Adobe Acrobat opens links from apps like Discord or others because it is set as the default PDF viewer on your system. When you click a link to a PDF, the system automatically tries to open it with Acrobat. This behavior is usually tied to file association settings within your operating system or browser.

To stop this from happening, you can change the default app settings on your device. This will ensure that other apps, like Discord, don't automatically open PDF files with Acrobat.

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